The ShopBy Barnaby Usborne
The money has been promised but now begins the form-filling and paper chase to prise it out of the clutches of the kindly Plunkett Foundation and Co-operative and Community Finance and into our own bank account. A solicitor has been engaged to draw up a contract to ensure fair play between The Shop and the Parish Hall to satisfy the bank and the Charity Commission.
Meanwhile, sales from the Portakabin are increasing. New multigrain bread is very popular. Onions, lemons and sausage rolls have joined the stock and postage stamps, including those for large envelopes, are on offer from the till.